Google has released their latest version of Blogger, and as I review their list of new features I can’t help but yawn. There’s nothing innovative, but merely the porting of features that currently exist in other blog platforms. One by one:
- You can add stuff to your blog (cute cat photos, lists, feeds) without needing to know HTML. Sounds like WordPress widgets.
- You can also make a completely unique template that has just the color scheme you want, without knowing any CSS. Sounds like what you can do with some WordPress or LiveJournal themes.
- Don’t want your mom to read your thoughts? Make a private blog. Sounds just like the private blog options offered by WordPress and LiveJournal.
- Label your posts, to group related ones together. Wow. Categories! Never heard of those before…
- Use one of our new templates. Hardly a .0 feature…
Seriously, Google. Do you guys have anyone working on any sort of innovation for Blogger? Pretty please?
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